When did the meaning of PC changed?

The term "Political Correctness" appeared in a U.S. Supreme Court decision about the boundaries of federal jurisdiction in 1793. It has been used to describe what is politically wise, and it has been employed as ironic self-mockery.

However, leftists in the 1970s and 1980s used the term as self-critical, ironic satire. It used as a joke among leftists.

Later, the term was started to be used as a criticism of New Left modern in the late 20th century and popularized by a number of articles in The New York Times and other media.

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Why is PC being criticized?/What is "Social Justice Warrior" aka "SJW"?/ Why is "SJW" being criticized?/Is certain people becoming too aggressive trying to push and conform people to their ideology?

Social Justice Warriors, aka SJWs, use political correctness as a weapon to criticize what they think is "politically incorrect". Social justice warrior (SJW) is a term used for an individual who promotes socially progressive and liberal views, including feminism, civil rights, gay and transgender rights. Most of the time, saying somebody is a SJW means that they are pursuing his/her personal validation rather than the actual "liberal" way of thinking. So basically, it is not the political correctness itself that are being criticized but the SWJs, people who are using it as a weapon are instead. Boghossian, P., & Lindsay, J. (2019, October 12). Social-Justice Warriors Won’t Listen, but You Should. WSJ. https://www.wsj.com/articles/social-justice-warriors-wont-listen-but-you-should-11570832255

Is being equal a good thing?/Is being different a good thing?

As I said, diversity is important. It will make your perspectives and life experience richer, less discrimination in the world and many more benefits. However, us humans liked discrimination. That is because of our instinct, we needed make that decision in order to live back in the old days. The nature of discrimination has been with us until now, and that is why bullying and racism occurs. All of us know that discrimination isn't a good thing. Being equal to all kinds of people is important, but doing that too much is different. Dragging somebody down from a position of power to make it "equal" is too extreme. As I said, being too radical and extreme is not "correct". See it from the both perspectives and then think how we can solve the problem.

Which is important; quality or diversity?/Is being historically accurate offensive to some people?/Is putting race and sexism into every discussion, media and art is "politically correct"?

In my personal opinion, both of them are very important. Recently, the video game industry has become more diverse than ever. Not only the women's social progress, people from all over the country has been supporting video game industry. Games that has many characters such as Apex Legends and Overwatch, all of them are from different country, has different sex, religions and it is very diverse. Of course the diversity in gaming is a good thing, but not everything is good. A good example is Witcher 3 incident. The game was criticized because all the character in the game was white. However, the Witcher 3 is set in Poland, created by Polish man and it is based on Polish mythology and European Folklore. So criticizing that there is no Black or Asian character in Witcher is an mistake because that is the culture and the demographic in the game. You don't have to put colored skinned character in the game if it doesn't make sense. Putting race and sexism into eve...

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